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Steampunk (Children's eBooks › Science Fiction, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Steampunk (Children's eBooks › Science Fiction, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $5.99, median 176 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 15/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $7.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 5% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 9% of the parent category Science Fiction (2,066), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 5% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 76% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
Top 10 Steampunk best sellers
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A Series of Unfortunate Events #1: The Bad Beginning: A Darkly Comic Literary Tale about the Baudelaire Orphans for Children (Ages 8-12)
- List rank#1
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews10,634
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The Last Rift Dragon (The Knights of the Silver Fog Book 1)
- List rank#2
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews139
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Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School Series Book 1)
by Gail Carriger
- List rank#3
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews3,090
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The Adventures of Professor Widget: Volume 1
by Chase Fishback
- List rank#5
- Price$7.99
- Rating1.0
- Reviews1
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Curtsies & Conspiracies (Finishing School Series Book 2)
by Gail Carriger
- List rank#6
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,131
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Manners & Mutiny (Finishing School Series Book 4)
by Gail Carriger
- List rank#7
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews2,185
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Mortal Engines (Mortal Engines, Book 1)
by Philip Reeve
- List rank#8
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews8,630
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The Rithmatist
- List rank#9
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews7,665
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Jackaby
by William Ritter
- List rank#10
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews1,915
FAQ
Is Steampunk a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 15/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 176 reviews and sells for $5.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Steampunk?
The median best seller has 176 reviews, and 36% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Steampunk best sellers cost?
The median price is $5.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $7.99.
Can new books break into Steampunk?
5% of the current best sellers were released in the last 90 days.
About this data
Data comes from KDPTop's daily crawl of Amazon's public Best Sellers pages; medians use the latest list. The opportunity score (0–100, higher is easier to enter) combines the review barrier, the share of low-review books, list turnover, new-release share and price.